Siwash dog

B.C. and Northwest

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1924 quote.

See: giddee

Quotations

1910

"Get down to the ground, you-all, Malemutes, huskies and Siwash purps! Get down and dig in! Tighten up them traces!"

1924

The Indian or 'Siwash' dog is a mixture of every known breed in existence, with husky predominating.

1936

"Yeah, you'd have got out of there in a hurry too, if you's had a pack of lousy Siwash dogs after you."